Himachal's apple business juicy with bumper crop
Shimla, Aug 2 : The apple business in Himachal Pradesh, one of India's major producers of the fruit, is heading to be juicy this season with the state eyeing a bumper production of 37.5 million boxes of 20 kg each, or 750,000 tonnes, horticulture experts say.

Moderate rainfall in Himachal
Shimla, Aug 2 : Many areas in Himachal Pradesh received moderate rainfall on Sunday, while the Met Office has forecast heavy rainfall in some parts.

Healthcare scheme for Himachal's elderly, single women
Shimla, July 30 : The Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Thursday approved a healthcare scheme that will cover single women, senior citizens and daily-wage workers among others with an outlay of Rs.12 crore for this fiscal, an official said.

Search on for 28 missing in Kullu
Shimla, July 28 : Search operations continued on the sixth day on Tuesday for the 28 passengers from Punjab who got drowned when their bus fell into the swollen Parvati river in Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal HC refuses to modify forest encroachment order
Shimla, July 27 : The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday refused to modify its interim directions to clear encroachments on forest land by fruit growers by October, adding that electricity and water connections of the encroachers should be disconnected.

Dharamsala to have football academy
Shimla, July 26 : Himachal Pradesh is developing a football academy in Dharamsala, the hill destination known for the newly-developed world-class showpiece Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium at an altitude of 4,000 feet, an official said on Sunday.

Kullu accident: Two more bodies found, toll nine
Kullu, July 24 : Two more bodies were recovered on Friday from the swollen Parvati river in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district a day after a tourist bus from Punjab skidded off the road and fell into the river. This took the death toll to nine.

Seven killed, 26 missing as bus falls into Himachal river
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), July 23 : At least seven people were killed and 23 others injured when a private tourist bus from Punjab skidded off the road and fell into the swollen Parvati river in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Thursday evening, police said.

Virbhadra accused of corruption; he cries vendetta
New Delhi/Shimla, July 23 : Senior BJP leader and union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday accused Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh of receiving bribe from a private company in the garb of an unsecured loan.

Six killed, 29 missing as bus falls into Himachal river
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), July 23 : At least six people were killed and 12 others injured when a private tourist bus from Punjab skidded off the road and fell into the swollen Parvati river in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Thursday, police said.

Himachal CM terms allegations against him as vendetta
Shimla, July 23 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday described as "political vendetta" the allegations levelled by BJP leader and union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad that he got an unsecured loan from a firm.

Congress accuses BJP of 'diverting focus from Vyapam, Lalit Gate'New Delhi, July 23 : Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's charges against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in connection with the disproportionate assets case is an attempt to divert focus from the Vyapam scam and Lalit Gate that ...

BJP accuses Virbhadra of corruption
New Delhi, July 23 : The BJP on Thursday accused Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh of receiving a bribe from a private company in the name of unsecured loan.

Tourist bus falls into Himachal river, six killed
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), July 23 : At least six people were killed and 12 others injured when a private tourist bus from Punjab skidded off the road and fell into the swollen Parvati river in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Thursday, police said.

Open degree college before August 15: Himachal HCShimla, July 22 : Observing that the state government resorted to a pick-and-choose policy in opening new colleges, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed it to open a new degree college before August 15.

Himachal to file review petition on encroachments
Shimla, July 21 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said the government will file a review petition in the high court over its order to remove encroachments by fruit growers, mainly apple, on forest land.

BJP pulls up defiant Shanta Kumar
New Delhi, July 21 : A defiant former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Shanta Kumar on Tuesday said he stood by his remarks on the Vyapam recruitment scam in Madhya Pradesh even as the BJP pulled him up.